When Ye Fengwu heard Qin Guannan's words, his brows immediately furrowed.
Qin Fei suddenly leaned in close to Qin Guannan's ear and said, "Dad, since this Qin Qinghan declined the toast but had to drink the forfeit, why don't we let her spend time with a violent criminal who doesn't have many days left. Anyway, she will still come back crying and looking for Master Zhang in the end."
Upon hearing this, Qin Guannan's eyes changed, and then he smiled sinisterly and said to Ye Fengwu, "If you've taken a fancy to this faded beauty, then I'll give her to you."
Qin Guannan spoke as if he was giving away a slave. He didn't see Qin Qinghan as a person at all, let alone his own granddaughter.
As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Qinghan's face instantly turned pale. She knew she couldn't refuse even if she wanted to.
But Qin Qinghan's parents couldn't accept their daughter being ruined by a violent criminal's hands. How could she marry a violent criminal now?
"Dad, how could you treat Qinghan like this? Qinghan has made quite some contributions to the Qin family. She's your granddaughter!" Yang Yu shouted at Qin Guannan.
Qin Zhi held Yang Yu tightly and said bitterly, "Forget it, this is probably Qinghan's fate!"
Slap! A crisp slap landed on Qin Zhi's face. Yang Yu scolded angrily, "Qin Zhi, you useless man, you can't even protect your own daughter."
Qin Zhi let his wife beat and scold him without fighting back or talking back. Because he knew he was useless. He had no power in the Qin family now to protect his own daughter.
Ye Fengwu looked sympathetically at the helpless and despairing look in Qin Qinghan's eyes. He could only apologize in his heart, because only by using this method could he protect mother and daughter.
Ye Fengwu then said, "It looks like you've fulfilled a happy event, old man. Since it's an engagement, there should be an engagement ring, right?"
As he spoke, Ye Fengwu took out an exquisite box from his pocket, then slowly walked towards Qin Qinghan.
Seeing Ye Fengwu approaching her, Qin Qinghan instinctively held Jing Si tighter, the wariness and disgust in her eyes becoming more intense.
Ye Fengwu tried his best to make his eyes and smile look gentle. He first said to Jing Si, "Jing Si, can I be your daddy?"
Jing Si looked at Ye Fengwu with some fear in her eyes, because she had just witnessed Ye Fengwu's extremely violent scene.
Then Jing Si shook her head and said, "Mommy won't agree."
Ye Fengwu put on a sad expression and said gently, "If I become your daddy, then no one will be able to separate you and your mommy in the future."
Upon hearing this, a glimmer of hope flashed in the little girl's eyes, but she still didn't nod. She looked up at Qin Qinghan instead.
Although Qin Qinghan was wary, disgusted, and even a little afraid, her strange gaze had been staring at Ye Fengwu. She could feel that Ye Fengwu's gentleness towards Jing Si came from the bottom of his heart.
This was absolutely not something a person could pretend. Because she was also a mother, she could feel such sincere affection.
But she knew violent criminals were all sadists. She had witnessed this man's violence with her own eyes. She couldn't even imagine what kind of hellish torture her future life would be.
Ye Fengwu looked at Qin Qinghan, staring closely at this face that brought disaster to the country and suffering to the people. Ye Fengwu actually felt fortunate that he had made a mistake back then. This idea was really a bit twisted.
"I didn't know you were so beautiful," Ye Fengwu suddenly said.
Upon hearing this, Qin Qinghan bit her red lips tightly. There was still stubborn struggle in her eyes, but she didn't know that her current state was extremely tempting. Even the tough guy Ye Fengwu was almost stunned.
"I'm sorry..." Ye Fengwu suddenly said the three words he had wanted to say for eight years.
Qin Qinghan was visibly startled. She didn't know where this apology came from.
Ye Fengwu opened the box and said to Qin Qinghan, "Marry me. Your and your daughter's future lives will be protected by me, Ye Fengwu."
This proposal sounded so romantic to ordinary people, but it changed flavor coming from the mouth of a violent criminal.
Qin Qinghan was also a woman who grew up as a little girl. She also once dreamed of a beautiful love. But she hadn't even been in a relationship, let alone held a man's hand.
Her life was completely ruined by a violent criminal.
How she wished these words came from an ordinary person's mouth.
But she knew she couldn't refuse, so her trembling hand seemed to be slowly reaching out.
Such a romantic proposal ceremony was a joke to everyone in the hotel. They all looked at it with mocking eyes.
"A violent criminal actually has a ring. It must have been robbed," Qin Fei snorted disdainfully.
"Maybe it's just a ring worth a few tens of dollars from a roadside stall!" Zhang Ge's eyes were also full of ridicule and disdain. His tone was extremely jealous. The one who should have put a ring on Qin Qinghan's hand today should have been him.
Suddenly, Zhang Ge took out a very delicate box from his suit pocket, then opened it. In an instant, under the light, the at least 10-carat diamond ring instantly gave off a dazzling luster.
In an instant, everyone in the hotel gasped. A 10-carat diamond ring would cost at least tens of millions on the market. Unexpectedly, Zhang Ge was willing to spend such a huge amount of money for Qin Qinghan.
"Qinghan, if you're willing to give up the child for adoption, this ring can be worn on your hand," Zhang Ge looked at Qin Qinghan, his eyes full of arrogant laughter.
Women have no resistance to money and jewelry. So in front of a ring worth tens of millions, even a proud woman like Qin Qinghan would probably willingly do anything shameful.
This was Zhang Ge's experience after playing with countless women, because he knew that even the most arrogant woman would succumb to money.
But one second later, Zhang Ge's face turned ugly, because after he took out the ring worth tens of millions, Qin Qinghan didn't even glance at him for a moment.
At this moment, Ye Fengwu put the ring on Qin Qinghan's ring finger. He smiled satisfactorily and said, "It fits perfectly."
"That's..." A middle-aged man in a suit suddenly saw the ring on Qin Qinghan's hand.
In an instant, his face was shocked beyond words, because the gem on that ring turned out to be a thumb-sized aquamarine, one of the three great treasures. Even from more than ten meters away, he could still see the brilliant luster of the aquamarine.
More people saw the ring on Qin Qinghan's hand and were attracted by the dazzling blue luster. Many women even showed envious looks on their faces.
In an instant, the 10-carat diamond ring in Zhang Ge's hand instantly lost its brilliance. Everyone's eyes were attracted by the big and glaring blue gemstone.
The middle-aged man in a suit just now solemnly said, "If I'm not mistaken, that gem should be one of the three great treasures, an aquamarine. There are only two in the world, each worth over 100 million dollars."
Upon hearing this, not only were all the people in the hotel shocked and horrified, even Qin Guannan, his son and Zhang Ge were all staring wide-eyed.
If these words had come from someone else's mouth, they might have mocked it as a joke. But this man in a suit was the most famous jeweler in Haaihua City, as well as an excellent appraiser.
If the ring was real, then it could buy two or three of the Qin family's industries.
At this moment, Zhang Ge's originally arrogant act of holding up the diamond ring became more and more awkward. He...had actually been outdone by a violent criminal.
But soon Qin Guannan dismissed the idea. For such a treasure to appear in a violent criminal's hands, believing it was real would be foolish.
Moreover, this rare treasure was worn on the hand of a despised faded beauty.
Qin Qinghan never looked at the ring on her hand even once, no matter if the ring was really worth hundreds of millions. It had nothing to do with her. She would never really accept anything from him.
After putting on the ring, Qin Qinghan hugged Jing Si again tightly.
But all the people around took a deep breath. They were really worried that the gem would get scratched and scraped. After all, Qin Qinghan's gesture of holding the child was too casual.
Seeing that Qin Qinghan had accepted the ring, Ye Fengwu also breathed a sigh of relief, and then smiled, "Wife, I'm hungry. Take me home, let me taste your cooking skills."
Being called 'wife' made Qin Qinghan extremely reluctant, but she couldn't control his mouth. From his tone, he seemed to have just gotten out of prison and didn't have a place to settle down yet.
Was she really going to take a rapist home to live together?
"Mom, uncle is hungry. Let's go home." Jing Si suddenly said.
Hearing this, Qin Qinghan finally nodded reluctantly, then walked expressionlessly towards the hotel entrance.
Qin Zhi and Yang Yu followed closely behind.